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Emory students won a $10,000 prize for their AI tool. Then the university punished them.

Wed, 05/22/2024 - 05:25

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College students in library look at laptops — Emory University students (not pictured) were disciplined for creating an AI program.
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Education, AI, emory-university, college-students, founders, Entrepreneurship

I'm a recent college graduate. No one told me it would be this hard to make ends meet.

Sun, 05/19/2024 - 07:09

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a birds-eye view of a woman typing on a calculator and looking at her bills — The author, not pictured, is a recent college graduate who can't make ends meet.
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Education, Careers, Essay, college-freelancer, College, college-graduates, Careers

22 valuable pieces of advice from graduation speeches through history

Sat, 05/18/2024 - 09:43

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Tim cook tulane — Tim Cook speaks at Tulane University's commencement in 2019.
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Careers, Strategy, Education, Entertainment, commencement-speech, Motivation, Graduation

Colleges started ending academic years earlier in the 1970s to avoid 'protest weather'

Fri, 05/17/2024 - 09:27

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Musician Tom Morello performs at a pro-Palestine rally in front of the University of Southern California. — Musician Tom Morello performs at a pro-Palestinian rally in front of the University of Southern California.
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Education, us-colleges, student-protest, Protests

I was accepted to Yale. Here's everything I included in my successful Ivy League application.

Wed, 05/15/2024 - 05:07

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Brian Zhang with the Yale dog mascot and a screenshot of his application — The author got into Yale with his successful college application.
Courtesy of Eric Gan & Brian Zhang

Education, Essay, college-freelancer, College, Admissions, college-admissions, ivy-league

Gemini AI Will Now Help You With Your Physics Homework

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 15:05

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As if using ChatGPT for college essays wasn’t enough, students are now getting a Gemini tool to help with their Math and Physics homework, too. Google is utilizing its Circle to Search gesture, which was received quite well, to introduce a new feature.